End of Week Plans

The last few weeks before school starts have gone by so fast!!! I am usually looking forward to summer coming to an end and getting to my favorite season of Autumn. This year, though, I'm trying to savor every last min of our summer break:)

We had actually planned to start back to school this week, on Monday. However a quick text from some friends saying that they were planning a trip to a pool on Monday quickly changed our plans. Yesterday we also helped out at a local soup kitchen which was nice. It was my first time and I was amazed at how organized they were. We are now going to try and fit one more trip to a pool we've never been to before we get started on school next Monday:)

I also have an exciting crafty weekend coming up!!! Friday is....

I haven't participated in this in several months and I'm really excited to get back to work on some quilting:)

Then, over the weekend is the...

I've not participated in this for a while either, so I should be nice and busy this weekend with lots of fun crafty project:) That is the perfect kind of weekend!!!

What do you have planned for your weekend? Hope you are able to fit in something that makes you smile:)
 

Well, Hello!!

School is almost done for the year. Yes, it is summer already, so why are we still doing school?!?!? Dd decided this spring, when the weather was so nice, that we should have a 3 week spring break. It worked out really nice as the weather was perfect and we needed a break. But that meant that we would have to work a bit into the summer to finish up and that is what we've been doing. She has a couple more days of work left and then she's done for the year!!! I'm hoping that will give me a bit more time to stitch, craft and blog. We will have her 4-H county fair to get ready for too, but most of what she wants to do this year involves crafting as well - and a bit of baking which her father will help her with:)

I have managed to do some stitching since I last posted. These two blocks went off to Love Quilts USA to be used in a heart themed quilt for a child with either a severe disablity or illness. These blocks are fun to do and it's great that they will go for a good cause. I am still trying to get a frog themed block done too. It was due by July 1st, but I had to ask for it to be used in the wildlife theme instead as I keep having to pull out my stitches from mistakes I'm making - guess that's what I get for stitching frogs!! :) So it won't be due now until Sept 1st, that should help a lot:)


Not much more time this morning so I'll finish with a picture of the only other living thing in my home that is allowed to touch my stitching basket:) Well, he wasn't suppose to be in there, but I had to take a picture before I booted him out!!!
The picture also shows my progress on Prairie Schooler's 'Summer Ornie' that I'm just about done with now, so I'm hoping to have a post to show that finish by tomorrow!! Then it'll be back to the frogs for me!!!

Have a great day:)

Time 4 Learning Review

First off, I have to post this disclosure...

I've been invited to try Time4Learning for a month in exchange for a candid review. Their online program can be used for homeschool, as an after school tutorial and for summer learning. My opinion will be my own, so come back and read about my experience. You can write your own curriculum review, too!
I've been invited to try Time4Learning in exchange for a candid review. My opinion will be entirely my own, so come back and read about my experiences. For more information, check out their online curriculum or learn how to write your own curriculum review.


Okay, now that that's done;), I'll explain. I've never done a review like this before, but I'm really interested in this website. Since my dd is on the older side, I've not wanted to pay for the membership since I was afraid that it would be too young for her (though they do go up to 8th grade and dd is in 7th). So I figure this will give me a good chance to check out this site to see if we can get some use out of it. And while I've seen many (very good) reviews for the younger grades, I haven't seen many for older children using this. So I'll be able to provide a review from that perspective. So come back in 30 days and I'll have my review posted!!